Pokemon Fan Makes Incredible 3D Animation of Professor Oak's Lab

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Professor Oak is one of the most iconic characters of the Pokemon franchise, being the player's first real gate into the world of the first game. One talented Pokemon fan-made an incredible 3D animation of Professor Oak's lab from the original Game Boy game.

Professor Oak is a character from the original Pokemon games Red, Blue, and Green. He is the grandpa of the player's rival, a famous Pokemon researcher, and serves as the catalyst who begins the player's journey as a Pokemon Trainer by giving them their first Pokemon, asking them to choose out of three starters. Oak also appears in the original anime adaptation of the games.

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Reddit user MattOnyx posted an animation he made of Professor Oak's lab from Pokemon Red, Blue, and Green versions. The animation is in the original Game Boy's color scheme and pixelated style capturing the lab in the perspective seen in the game. The view moves from facing the lab to panning closer to the Pokeballs containing the starter Pokemon, and then pans back to where it started.

The pixelated style of the animation keeps to the original Game Boy graphics, but it doesn't look as 3D as one would expect. It does however the animation pans the view in a way that the original game wouldn't be able to, bringing a different perspective to the lab that hasn't been seen very often. It's a simple animation, but it's visually stimulating to watch.

This isn't the first time Oak's lab in Pokemon has been recreated in 3D, but it is a great homage to the original Pokemon games and how simple they used to be back in the day. These games never had color, so it was all up to the player's imagination, and the official art of the Pokemon. The Pokemon games have only